Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Consider you have the power to do something with a trolley which brakes have malfunctioned, it is gonna kill 10 miners, but you can somehow switch the track to kill 1 miner on the other lane but kill the 10, what would you do?

Now consider if you are the driver, you have 2 paths to take to 'kill' the miner(s), which road would you take, in this case assume there isnt any 'default' lane to go.

What if stealing a bread to save your family of 6?

What is the drive for us to make decisions, more specifically, make moral judgments?
Moral Absolutism?
Kant's Deontological Ethics
Consequentialism?
Utilitarianism?

To me, I would have preferences, where first would be fate, then benefit to society, then benefit to the 'victim', lastly whether there are alternatives to ease impact on the decision I made to the disadvantaged 'victim'.

Thus, fate would be what the 'victim' is destined for, which I should not try to alter, like final destination. Then it would be how my action would benefit society, or how the 'victim' action can benefit society. This is followed by how would it impact the 'victim', and lastly whether I have alternatives or solutions to help the negatively affected 'victim' in near future or whatsoever.

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